Rug hook



July 25, 1933. p TlBBUTT 1,919,813

RUG noox Filed July 5, 1952 Ficr. 4

' .INVENTOR.

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BY Q/KQCSZM ATTORNEY.

' a hook mechanism Patented July 25, 1 933 I {JOHN PLTIBBUT'I', orBLAcKwEnnoKLAHoi m RUG Application filed July 5,

in a rug hook. I

The object of my invention to provide operative from the fin ished faceof the rug".

A further object of, my invention is to provide a hook mechanism thatwill receive the yarn in its open position whereby the usual method ofthreading an eye 01" slot is avoided. v

A still further object of my invention is to provide a hook mechanismhaving a pair execution by filling in of arms pivotally connected and ahook on the outervend of feachthat seat together terminating into. oneous penetration of woven fabric. I

. These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification and in which like characters will apply to like parts inthe different Views. Y Referring tothejdrawing: i

Fig; l is a side View of the hook mechanism in operative positionengaged with the fabric .fragmentarily'shown; Fig. 2 is a transverseview of Fig. .l, the fabric illustration being omitted- Fig. 3 is aside. H anism drawing 'a loopthrough the fabric. Fig. {L is adiagrammatic drawing of a rectangular portion of woven fabric having adesign stamped thereon preparatory for with yarn or the like with therug hook..

My. invention hereinjdisclosed consists off.

a rug hookcomprising an arm 1 having. a

hook'Q on the extreme outer end, thereof and an arm 3 having a hook 4;on the outer end likewise.

The'other end of each arm' has a looped handle portion 1 and 3 integraltherewith. The said handles with of which seats in a their respective asat 5 by which 7 through manipulation of the looped handles are moved toandffrom each other. 7

As a means to automatically move thesa'id" hooks from each other I haveplaced a spring element 6 between the handles, each end groove 7 on' theinner relates to an. improvement point for simultane view of .the hookmech arms are pivotally connected; means the hook elements 1932. SerialNo. 620,779. r

pective'handles, and beingso arranged the said sp side of each of their;res

ring is easily removed and replaced, At t epivot point 5the armandhandle portions are'halved together as shown in Fig. 2'byjwhich ar-vrangement shoulders A; and B will; contact when the hooks are moved'toI-theinextremfl ity from each other. When the said arms are broughtto a closed position as shown in Fig. v3, the point of hook 4 will seat0 within the barbed portion ofhook 2 as c shown at C, surface aligningthe same by Y i which means the saidpoints willpenetrate" through fabricwithout, interruption and being so arrangedthesaid armsl and 8j arespaced apartforming an elongated slot I in which the yarn is positionedas means to drawthesame in looped formv D as drawn through the wovenfabric E. It will be I Y understood that the barbed portion" of eachhook is the catch to carry the yarn through the fabricto an extentdesired and will re lease the same when the said hooks are moved. fromeach other. 'While I have shown and describedyarn' as the pilejconstructing element, I do notwish to have it '-understood that" suchalone maybe em ployed as other strands such asstrips of cloth orotherfabrication may be employed inlike manner.

The method of operation is as follows: In ,hookinga rug I take a pieceof burlap or other fabric placing the same well tensioned within-a frameand mark or stamp a design thereon, as shown in Fig. 4 for example. Itis possible however, to obtain 'such fabric stampedwith ornamentation.To perform the j work I engage the loops of thehandle with the thumb andpreferably the "forefinger, as means to move the arms and when closedthe points are inserted throughthe. fabric to the extent approximatelyas shown" in Fig.1, and permit the arms and their respective points tomove from each other by actuation of spring 6, 1 I then placetherebetweenthe yarn as shown at D insa'id figure, and closing the armsas previously'described, the said yarn is retained and .carried'by thesaid hooks up ward through'the fabric to the extent de-ll toward eachother i i eration of hooking sired as a pile for the rug that is beinghooked. It will be understood that the yarn is guided to engagement withthe hooks on the under side of the fabric by the other hand and by whichart of performanceda signs may be carefully followed with one color ofyarn and filled in there around with another color as a field orbackground for the ornamentation, and at all times the opis performedfrom the face of the rug or the like and the fingers not engaged for themanipulation of the rug hook mechanism may remain in contact on the rugas the said mechanism is inserted and retracted through the fabricreciprocatingly While the other hand is engaged with the yarn toposition thelsame Within the control ofthe hook arrangement.

Such modifications maybe employed as lie within the scope ofthe appendedclaims. Having fully described my invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Lett e'rs Patent is:

lpln a rug hook mechanism, a pair of arms pivotally connected, each armhaving a looped handle and a spring positioned between the handles torock thesame ontwarc,

a pointed and seated hook element on the other end of oneof the arms anda. pointed hook element on the other end of the other arm, the said'hookportions directedtowa rd each other and adapted to engage and space thesaid arms apart in parallelism when rocked to a closed position for thepurpose specified. I

2.=In a rug hook mechanism a pair of arms having a handle integral witheach, and a hook on'the other end of each arm, the barbed portionsthereof being directed toward each other; a seat on one hook to 'receivethe point of the other hook in surface alignment, the barbs to functionas means to space the arms apart. I

J OHN' RITIBBUTT.

